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B5234FT
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PostPosted: 10:02 - 27 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Easy way to check, next time, dont heat anything else apart from the battery and see if it starts.

Time after that, dont heat anything apart from the cylinder/head/carb and see if it starts.

My money is on the battery.
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arry
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PostPosted: 11:38 - 02 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
arry wrote:
Mine has the same engine, so presumably starter, and starts just fine in all weathers Confused Question


Oh for the love of..... guess whose bike just failed to start on the last time he'll ride it before having a scalpel taken to his groin? That'll be my wonderfully ironic (Alanisism) life. Don't my salty tears taste delicious today.
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 16:55 - 02 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
May I suggest a new colour scheme for post-op Arriet.

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arry
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PostPosted: 17:13 - 02 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Got the paint on order. Tutu more problematic to find in my size.
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PostPosted: 15:27 - 17 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
rubyhorse2 wrote:
replacement starter about £350 not including labour. even had a dealer say the starter isnt broken but a better upgraded one is available...basically admitting its a sub standard part fitted.

just sent a complaint to KTM, had enough now.


Sorted, or is OP still using a hairdryer to start the bike?
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BTTD
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PostPosted: 15:35 - 17 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would have thought a portable gas blowtorch would be more useful, especially if you have to stop to fill up.
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arry
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PostPosted: 16:47 - 17 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got a new battery to stick on mine but not got round to it yet. Busy turning into a she-he.
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